Banga Standard Edition

Banga Standard Edition

This highly-anticipated album marks Patti Smith’s first
collection of original material since 2004’s critically-acclaimed
Trampin'. Banga was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York
City and produced by Patti Smith and her band: Tony Shanahan, Jay
Dee Daugherty and her long-time collaborator Lenny Kaye. Featured
guests include Tom Verlaine, Jack Petruzzelli, Smith’s son Jackson
and daughter Jesse Paris. Inspired by Smith’s unique dreams and
observations, Banga’s poetic lyrics are a reflection of our complex
world - a world that is rife with chaos and beauty. Praised for her
storytelling abilities, Smith has crafted an album that captures a
wide range of human experience. There is an exploratory spirit in
the songs that make up Banga, including a melodic overture
imagining the voyage of Amerigo Vespucci to the New World in 1497
(“Amerigo”), a rock song for the people of Japan in the wake of
last years earthquake (“Fuji-san”), a classic ballad in memory of
Amy Winehouse (“This Is The Girl”), an improvised meditation on art
and nature (“Constantine’s Dream”) as well as a birthday song
written for her friend Johnny Depp (“Nine”).

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